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Was it predicted?

There was no warning

Avoided panic by false alarm

Was it neglected?

A reason for denying

Ignorant people remain calm.

Ah, afraid of what was coming ahead

Oh, of what the Richter scale said

A seven or maybe higher

Like oxygen feeding fire

Living in an earthquake zone

It's a timebomb ticking

It started grumbling

Time was running short

No chance to get the city evacuated

Towers crumbling down with rumbling force

In the shadows of the fire

The skyline faded

Ah, afraid of what was coming ahead

Oh many missing, a dozen dead

Five thousand or maybe more

Like many times before

Living in an earthquake zone

It's a time bomb ticking

A seven or maybe higher

Like oxygen feeding fire

Living in an earthquake zone

It's a time bomb ticking

Was it predicted?

There was no warning

Avoided panic by false alarm

Was it neglected?

A reason for denying

Ignorant people remain calm.

Ah, afraid of what was coming ahead

Oh, of what the Richter scale said

A seven or maybe higher

Like oxygen feeding fire

Living in an earthquake zone

It's a timebomb ticking

Five thousand or maybe more

Like many times before

Living in an earthquake zone

It's a timebomb ticking

A timebomb ticking